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' 0. J. GUSTAVESON.

' Spur. No. 240.120. Patented April 12,1881.

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CHARLES J. GUSTAVESON, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH TERRITORY.

SPUR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,120, dated April 12, 1881.

Application filed August 27, 1880. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES J. GUSTAV}? SON, of Salt Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake, Utah Territory, have invented a new and Improved Spur; and-I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

The object of my invention is -to provide the spur with simple means for connecting the strap therewith, so that aheavy strap may be employed, that may be readily connected or disconnected from the foot and the improvement consists in securing a pointed hook or horn upon the end of the rim in a peculiar manner, that may be readily inserted intojunslit perforations through the heavy leather.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the spur, showing the strap removed; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the spur ready to be attached to the foot; and Fig. 3, a detailed elevation of the inner end of the strap, showing its eyelet for attaching it to the rim of the spur.

The rim A ofthe spur fits closely around the heel of the boot, and has a neck, B, provided with jawsb, between which is pivoted a rowel or spur-wheel, O, to freely revolve in a wellknown manner. A chain, D, is connected to the ends of the rim A'by sheet-metal loops d, in the usual way, to pass around the heel beneath the shank of the boot. A button-headed stud-pin, E, is secured to the inner end of the rim A, and a peculiarly-formed hook shaped pin, F, sharpened at its end, is secured to the outer end of the rim, and points toward the rear.

A sheet of heavy leather is shaped closely around the instep and top of the boot' to form a shield, G, that will protect the instep from the pressure of the upper portion of the stirrup, and is attached to the rim A by an eye, 9, at-one end, with a slit running into it, by which means the leather may be spread at the incision sufficiently to enable the button-headed stud E to be passed through it and secured to the rim of the stirrup. The other end of the shield has a number of unsplit eyelet-holes,g, cut through it, and arranged closely together along the length of the strap, through either of which the hook-pin F may be quickly passed, to adjustably connect the outer end of the shield to fit the instep. The hooked pin may be readily passed through thick leather, and as the eyelet-holes are not split, they may be placed very closely together without weakening the leather. The shield G will serve to hold the spur firmly to the foot. As the leather is of heavy stuff, the strap will form a shield for the foot,and may be of sufficient size and suitable shape to cover the entire instep.

' What I claim as new is- A spur provided with a headed button upon one end of the rim-piece, and a hooked pin, F, on the other end of the said rim, in combination with a strap formed with a row of unslit perforations, through which the hook may be inserted, substantially as and for the purpose described.

CHARLES JOHN GUSTAVESON.

Witnesses J OHN LEWIS GRUNDHAND, J OHN MANNING. 

